Description

The whalers were among the first non-Aboriginal visitors to hunt along the Geographe Bay coastline. After European settlement, Captains were sometimes accompanied by their wives on the journey. The wives, left in a new and harsh environment, would have watched as their husbands sailed away, wondering when they might return. They often stayed at Westbrook Homestead in Kaloorup and had their babies and in exchange for food and lodging, they taught the children.